Trichophilus
| Trichophilus | |
|---|---|
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| Trichophilus welckeri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Trichophilus Weber-van Bosse, 1887[1] |
| Type species | |
| Trichophilus welckeri | |
| Species[1] | |
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Trichophilus is a genus of green algae.[1] Trichophilus welckeri is found growing in the fur of certain sloth species and is believed to provide them with camouflage.[2]
Trichophilus consists of prostrate filaments of cells. Filaments are one or multiple cells wide, dividing irregularly to form short branches, and are crowded and parenchyma-like (pseudoparenchymatous). Cells have thick walls and each contains a parietal chloroplast with an obscured pyrenoid. Trichophilus reproduces via zoospores of two sizes, each with four flagella.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Trichophilus". AlgaeBase. University of Galway. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ↑ Suutari, Milla; Majaneva, Markus; Fewer, David P.; Voirin, Bryson; Aiello, Annette; Friedl, Thomas; Chiarello, Adriano G.; Blomster, Jaanika (30 March 2010). "Molecular evidence for a diverse green algal community growing in the hair of sloths and a specific association with Trichophilus welckeri (Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae)". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10 (1): 86. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-86. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 2858742. PMID 20353556.
- ↑ John, David M.; Rindi, Fabio (2014). "Chapter 8. Filamentous (Nonconjugating) and Plantlike Green Algae". In Wehr, John D.; Sheath, Robert G.; Kociolek, J. Patrick (eds.). Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification (2 ed.). Elsevier Inc. p. 375–427. ISBN 978-0-12-385876-4.